Oriental Winter Gift-Wrap & Tags

The British Museum‘On my first days here [Attersee] I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little…’, Gustav Klimt writing to Marie Zimmermann. A key influence upon Art Nouveau artistsJapanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints were exhibited at the 1889 and 1900 Expositions Universelles in Paris. Reflecting the Japanese influence, refined gift-wrap, blending details of temples and bridges in the snow from mid-19th century woodblocks by Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai, and 17th century Tosa school screen paintings of bamboo and imagined landscapes.